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LAURENS SC-SPARTANBURG SC-GREENVILLE SC-
1210 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2012



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 400 AM EDT

* AT 1207 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER
RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AROUND FOUNTAIN 
INN. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHEAST    
AND THIS WILL HELP KEEP HEAVY RAINFALL RATES IN THE AREA OVER THE  
NEXT HOUR.   

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER
CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING
INCLUDE...FOUNTAIN INN...GRAY COURT...ROEBUCK...SIMPSONVILLE AND
WOODRUFF.

* THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS         
DEVELOPING SITUATION AND UPGRADE TO A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IF       
CONDITIONS WARRANT.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER
SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL
FREE NUMBER... 1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

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LAT...LON 3494 8193 3473 8189 3457 8211 3453 8236
3471 8237